‘Amour,’ ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’ and more set for 2012 NY fest

Okay, so, I said it yesterday, but to reiterate: a busy week for NYFF. Robert Zemeckis’s “Flight,” Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” and David Chase’s “Not Fade Away” have been tapped for big world premieres, and today, the full line-up has been unveiled by Film Society of Lincoln Center.

As usual, there are some Cannes carry-overs, chief among them Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or-winning “Amour.” Also in the mix are Christian Mungiu’s “Beyond the Hills,” Leos Carax’s “Holy Motors” and Pablo Larrain’s “No,” among others.

Continuing along the fall festival circuit will be Brian De Palma’s “Passion” (already set for Toronto/Venice and a potential Telluride play, too), Noah Baumbach’s “Frances Ha” (set for Toronto) and Olivier Assayas’ “Something in the Air” (Venice). And there is another world premiere noted: Allan Berliner’s “First Cousin Once Removed.”

“The films making up the main slate of this year’s NYFF, have in common a general quality of fearlessness that unites otherwise very disparate works,” said Selection Committee Chair & Program Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center Richard Peña via press release. “These are films that go all the way, works willing to take the risk or chance that by doing so they may be bringing audiences to places they might rather not go.”

Check out the full slate of offerings from the fest below.

Opening Night Gala Selection“Life of Pi”
Director: Ang Lee

Centerpiece Gala Selection“Not Fade Away”
Director: David Chase

Closing Night Gala Selection“Flight”
Director: Robert Zemeckis

“Amour”
Director: Michael Haneke

“Araf/Somewhere in Between”
Director: Yesim Ustaoglu

“Barbara”
Director: Christian Petzold

“Beyond the Hills”
Director: Cristian Mungiu

“Bwakaw”
Director: Jun Robles Lana

“Caesar Must Die”
Directors: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

“Camille Rewinds”
Director: Noémie Lvovsky

“The Dead Man and Being Happy”
Director: Javier Rebello

“Fill the Void”
Director: Rama Burshtein

“First Cousin Once Removed”
Director: Alan Berliner

“Frances Ha”
Director: Noah Baumbach

“The Gatekeepers”
Director: Dror Moreh

“Ginger and Rosa”
Director: Sally Potter

“Here and There”
Director: Antonio Mendez Esparza

“Holy Motors”
Director: Leos Carax

“Hyde Park on Hudson”
Director: Roger Michell

“Kinshasa Kids”
Director: Marc-Henri Wajnberg

“The Last Time I Saw Macao”
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues

“Leviathan”
Directors: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

“Like Someone in Love”
Director: Abbas Kiarostami

“Lines of Wellington”
Director: Valeria Sarmiento

“Memories Look at Me”
Director: Song Fang

“Night Across the Street”
Director: Raul Ruiz

“No”
Director: Pablo Larrain

“Our Children”
Director: Joachim Lafosse

“Passion”
Director: Brian De Palma

“Something in the Air”
Director: Olivier Assayas

“Tabu”
Director: Miguel Gomes

“You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet”
Director: Alain Resnais

The 50th annual New York Film Festival runs September 28 – October 14.

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Passion is playing Toronto as well. I imagine Amour, Beyond the Hills and Holy Motors will be announced in the Masters section on Tuesday. Really looking forward to all of those.

The one to watch for is Leviathan (which is also playing Toronto). It is in no way an Oscar contender, but it looks like something special. The camera work looks absolutely incredible and unlike anything I’ve ever seen.

By: red_wine

08.17.2012 @ 4:37 AM

This is a rather exalted selection. NYers are in for a real treat. Specially interesting are Raul Ruiz’s final film (after Mysteries Of Lisbon) as well another epic directed by his wife “Linhas de Wellington” which was also supposed to be directed by Ruiz before his death. Then there’s Tabu, much acclaimed by Guy.